2 Corinthians 3
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
2 You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:
You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
revealed that you are a letter of Christ ministered by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
4 And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,
5 Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
6 Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.
who also made us sufficient [to be] servants of the New Covenant, not of letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.
7 Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:
And if the ministry of death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look steadfastly into the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face—which was being made useless,
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
For if the ministry of the condemnation [is] glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory;
10 For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
for also even that which has been glorious, has not been glorious—in this respect, because of the superior glory;
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
for if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.
12 Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:
Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
13 And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.
and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a veil on his own face, for the sons of Israel not to look steadfastly into the end of that which is being made useless,
14 But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
but their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil at the reading of the Old Covenant remains unwithdrawn—which in Christ is being made useless—
15 But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
but until today, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart,
16 But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the LORD [is], there [is] liberty;
18 But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
